Doing Development Research

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Description: Doing Development Research is a comprehensive introduction to research in development studies, that provides thorough training for anyone carrying out research in developing countries. It brings together experts with extensive experience ofMore...

Doing Development Research is a comprehensive introduction to research in development studies, that provides thorough training for anyone carrying out research in developing countries. It brings together experts with extensive experience of overseas research, presenting an interdisciplinary guide to the core methodologies. Informed by years of research experience, Doing Development Research draws together many strands of action research and participatory methods, demonstrating their diverse applications and showing how they interrelate. Key Features: An account of the theoretical approaches that underlie development work An explanation of the practical issues involved in planning development research A systematic overview of information and data collecting methods in three sub-sections: methods of social research and associated forms of analysis; using existing knowledge and records; and disseminating findings/research Using clear and uncomplicated language illustrated with appropriate learning features throughout - the text guides the researcher through the choice of appropriate methods, the implementation of the research, and the communication of the findings to a range of audiences. This is the essential A-Z of development research.

Thomas K. McCraw was Straus Professor of Business History Emeritus at Harvard Business School and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History.My research involves an integrated strategy of cross disciplinary research collaboration combining my own background in development with the work of academics from geography, sociology, social policy, gerontology and international NGOs such as Practical Action and WaterAid in seeking to influence international policy making - focussing on theoretical and implementation issues in development policy, urban governance, and North-South donor relations in areas of low-income housing and infrastructural development (water and sanitation), ageing and gender issues. My work is organised in four particular themes. First, improved infrastructure and services and the threat that it creates for security of tenure for slum dwellers in Ghana and Bangladesh with Dr. Alex Loftus (Geography, Royal Holloway), Dr. Mansoor Ali (Practical Action) and Mr. Nick Bundle (WaterAid UK). Secondly, on ageing strategies among the urban poor in Mumbai. Thirdly, on ageing strategies, transnationalism and global health care with Dr. Deborah Price (Institute of Gerontology, Kings College). Fourthly, on cultural transformation and gender issues in India and Indonesia, in collaboration with the Dr. Shruti Tambe, University of Pune (India), and Dr. Harriot Beazley in Queensland University, Australia.Funded by DFID (UK) and a grant from the British Academy, I have carried out research on NGOs and development. The research was the first of its kind in focusing on a sample of 67 urban NGOs in one city i.e. Mumbai. This research led theoretical debates on how NGOs are increasingly called upon to fill the gap between the needs of vulnerable urban groups and the partial service delivery of the public sector.I have been a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Progress in Development Studies for the last eleven years. I was appointed a member of the editorial board "The Urban World" a quarterly journal of the Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES), All India Institute of Local Self Government, Mumbai in May 2009. I also hold external positions of responsibilities such as gender adviser to the Diversity Unit of the British Council, elected member of the advisory council of Global Think (Development Education Association - DEA) and research associate with Equality Research and Consulting LtdI have co-edited two of the leading development text books. I teach on the undergraduate and Master's programme and supervise PhD postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers.I did my Masters at Liverpool University and achieved a Wingate scholarship at Oxford University to do my DPhil supervised by Prof. Ceri Peach (Geography) and Prof. Marcus Banks (Social Anthropology). My thesis on Community participation and slum housing (Sage Publications, 1995) was awarded the Eileen Younghusband Memorial Award from the London School of Economics and Political Science. On completion in 1992, I was appointed as a Research Fellow for three years at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and in 1996 moved to a Lectureship to the Geography Department at Royal Holloway.

Professor Rob Potter is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Reading.nbsp; His research and teaching interests span development geography and development studies; urban geography; return migration; transnationality and issues of identity.nbsp; He is author of the texts Key Concepts in Development Geography (Sage, 2012), Geographies of Development (Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008), The Companion to Development Studies (Hodder, 2008), Doing Development Research (Sage, 2006) and The Contemporary Caribbean, Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2005).nbsp; He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary journal Progress in Development Studies and is currently a member of the International Editorial Boards of the journals Third World Quarterly, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, and Blackwell Geography Compass.nbsp; Rob Potter was elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2006 and in 2007 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University of Reading, in recognition of his contributions to the fields of Geographies of Development and Urban Geography.

Introduction

The Raison d'etre of Doing Development Research

Strategic Issues In Planning Sound Research

Doing Fieldwork in Developing Countries

Planning and Logistics

Ethical Practices in Doing Development Research

Working in Different Cultures

Issues of Race, Ethnicity and Identity

Women, Men and Fieldwork

Gender Relations and Power Structures

Working with Children in Development

Collecting Sensitive and Contentious Information

Dealing with Conflicts and Emergency Situations

Working with Partners

Educational Institutions

Working with Partners

Government Ministries

Working with Partners

NGOs and CBOs

Doing Development Studies 'at home'

Information And Data Collection Methods

Methods Of Social Research And Associated Forms Of Analysis

Quantitative, Qualitative or Participatory

Which Method, for What and When?

Field Surveys and Inventories

Interviewing

Focus Groups

Your Questions Answered: Conducting Questionnnaire Surveys

Lost in Translation? The Use of Interpreters in Fieldwork

Ethnographic and Participant Observation

Participatory Methods and Approaches

Tackling the Two Tyrannies

Diaries and Case Studies

Using Existing Knowledge And Records

Literature Reviews and Bibliographic Searches

Using the Indigenous Local Knowledge and Literature

Using Images, Films and Photography

Using Archives

Remote Sensing, GIS and Ground Truthing

The Importance of Census and Other Secondary Data in Development Studies

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